This is a poem written by Kin-Ta-Ni-Ya (Luis Quintanilla), a Mexican poet
member of the generation of Los Estridentistas (Carleton Beals translated the
name as The Noise Makers), influenced in the 1920s by the Italian Futurists,
inspired by radio, electricity, technology and jazz. The translation is by
JJA friend, writer, broadcaster, saxophonist and bandleader Alain Derbez, of
Vera Cruz, Mexico -- "I presented this one in the Todo se escucha en el
silencio's concert during the Guelph Jazz Festival," he writes. "Perhaps you
could post it with the complete explanation."